A Look Back at Petersburg’s Breakthrough

April 2 marked the anniversary of the Union breakthrough at Petersburg, paving the way for the collapse of the entire Confederate line and the retreat to Appomattox.

As it happens, we have one of the foremost authorities on the Breakthrough here on the staff at ECW: Edward Alexander. Edward, a ranger/historian at Pamplin Historical Park, is author of the ECWS book Dawn of Victory: The Breakthrough at Petersburg. (Learn more about the book here.)

Edward has written a slew of great Breakthrough-related posts. We’ve plucked a few from the archives that you might want to check out: